Foundations Give 11 Percent of Grant Money to Social-Justice Causes, Report Says

Social Justice Grantmaking: A Report on Foundation Trends, analyzes foundation grants made in 1998 to 2002 to projects designed to enhance opportunities for people who are disadvantaged economically, politically, and socially. The report says that of the more than 1,000 foundations studied, 749 made grants totaling $1.76-billion in 2002 in support of social justice. While the share of total grant money going to social-justice causes dipped slightly from 1998 to 2002, to 11 percent, both the number of foundations supporting such efforts and the number of organizations receiving social-justice grants grew significantly. The survey also examines how grant makers chose to allocate their support for social justice, and shares the perspectives of 20 foundation leaders on the concept of social justice and how social-justice organizations have evolved over the last few years. The report was produced jointly by Independent Sector and the Foundation Center.

Publisher: Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003-3076; (212) 807-3690 or (800) 424-9836; fax (212) 807-3691; http://fdncenter.org; 82 pages; $24.95; ISBN 1-59542-052-5.